composed by John Cage, performed by Henry Kucharzyk
Back in the early '90's John Oswald, sometimes with Christopher Butterfield, produced a very few recordings using exclusively, or in part, an ambisonic microphone. There were two piano discs produced, studies in what Oswald has described as the instrument's 'big acoustic footprint'. Now, after a quarter of a century a 3rd piano disc has been released by Arraymusic—
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It's Henry Kucharzyk's playing John Cage's Sonatas and Interludes on a prepared piano. The recordings were done onstage at the Premiere Dance Theatre in Toronto during the day prior to an concert presentation (and recording) that evening. John Abram writes 'It's one of the best recordings I've ever heard.'
The cover drawing is a never-realized giant Cage memorial by Claus Oldenburg.